I'm rather new to D&D. I gre up lookinh at the Dragon issues in our library but never saw any place they sold books or knew anyone who played until a few years ago. Two things happened then; I got the 3.5 PHB and saw a new firend's old 2E sourcebook on halflings and gnomes.
You'll probably laugh, but this was the first time I knew halflings were shorter than gnomes (from both books). I always thought that was weird, since halflings were originaly hobbits and gnomes as I understood before D&D were, well small enought to put into a person' hand.
Am I the weird one here?
gnomes as I understood before D&D were, well small enought to put into a person' hand.
Am I the weird one here?
I think you just watched David the Gnome the little guy that was on Nickolodion (sp?) that road on a fox and helped animals. He also tricked trolls into stay in the sun...
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You'll probably laugh, but this was the first time I knew halflings were shorter than gnomes (from both books). I always thought that was weird, since halflings were originaly hobbits and gnomes as I understood before D&D were, well small enought to put into a person' hand.
The same can be said about the elves. Before Tolkien, elves were anywhere from pocket-sized to hobbit-sized.
Anyway, you'll find that D&D is full of little idiosyncrysies that make no sense and have no explanation.
The same can be said about the elves. Before Tolkien, elves were anywhere from pocket-sized to hobbit-sized.
Tell that to the Norse. ;)
Bit of a threadjack here (although I don't see how I can jack my own thread) but are there any player creature in D&D small enough to fit in a Mdium size character's hand?
Would such creatures be Tiny, Diminutive or Fine?